---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.1087"
title: "14"
number: "91.1087"
heading: "Approval of aircraft simulators and other training devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.1087"
---

# §91.1087. Approval of aircraft simulators and other training devices.

- (a) Training courses using aircraft simulators and other training devices may be included in the program manager's training program if approved by the Administrator.
- (b) Each aircraft simulator and other training device that is used in a training course or in checks required under this subpart must meet the following requirements:
  - (1) It must be specifically approved for—
    - (i) The program manager; and
    - (ii) **The particular maneuver, procedure, or crewmember function involved.**
  - (2) It must maintain the performance, functional, and other characteristics that are required for approval.
  - (3) Additionally, for aircraft simulators, it must be—
    - (i) Approved for the type aircraft and, if applicable, the particular variation within type for which the training or check is being conducted; and
    - (ii) Modified to conform with any modification to the aircraft being simulated that changes the performance, functional, or other characteristics required for approval.
- (c) A particular aircraft simulator or other training device may be used by more than one program manager.
- (d) In granting initial and final approval of training programs or revisions to them, the Administrator considers the training devices, methods, and procedures listed in the program manager's curriculum under [§ 91.1079](/cfr/14/91.1079.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2001-10047, 68 FR 54561, Sept. 17, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715,44716, 44717, 44722, 44740, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508,47528-47531, 47534; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 828, Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180.